ABC announces celebrity participants for 'Dancing with the Stars'

MUMBAI: US broadcaster ABC has announced the lineup for this season?s dance-based reality show, ?Dancing With the Stars?.

They include actress Melissa Gilbert, singer Gladys Knight, former tennis player Martina Navratilova, television and stage actor Jack Wagner and actress, comedienne and co-host of ABC?s hugely popular daytime talk show ?The View? Sherri Shepherd.

Gilbert has starred in hundreds of television movies, specials and series, including M.O.W. ?The Miracle Worker.? In feature films Gilbert starred in ??Sylvester? and did a cameo role playing herself in Griffin Dunne?s film, ?Lisa Picard is Famous?.

Eight-time Grammy winner Gladys Knight has enjoyed hits in pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television and live performance.